Breanna Stewart is sticking with the New York Liberty. The team announced Saturday that it has re-signed the decorated forward for the 2025 season.
Although the team did not reveal the details, Madeline Kenney of the New York Post reports that the contract is a one-year deal with $208,400 guaranteed. That number makes her the highest-paid player on the Liberty, just above Sabrina Ionescu, who makes just over $205,000 annually; Stewart also becomes one of the top-15 highest-paid players in the league.
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Stewart, a six-time All-Star and two-time league MVP, helped lead the Liberty to its first WNBA championship this past season.
Stewart has spent the past two seasons in New York on consecutive one-year deals. She signed with the Liberty in 2023 as a free agent, earning a reported $175,00. Stewart then signed another one-year deal last season, raising her salary to $205,000.
Stewart’s decision to go with another one-year contract is notable given the state of the league. The WNBA Players Association — of which Stewart is a Vice President — opted out of the current collective bargaining agreement in October, setting the union up for negotiations with the WNBA over the coming year.
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Napheesa Collier, who co-founded the Unrivaled 3-on-3 league with Stewart, noted last week that almost all of the players that aren’t on rookie contracts will be off their contracts after this season in anticipation of the new CBA.
Stewart finished playing in Unrivaled’s inaugural season earlier this month, and underwent a minor knee surgery on her right meniscus soon after that season’s end. She posted a photo of herself in a hospital bed on Instagram after the procedure, saying that she “might or might not retire the leg sleeve but definitely getting rid of all that tape.”
Stewart will reportedly recover in time for Liberty training camp on April 27.
